Ironing-board.



No; 683,608. Patented Oct. I, l90l. J. C. KRI'DLER.

IRONING BOARD.

(Application filed Mar. 5, 1901.

(No Model.)

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JAMES C. KRIDLER, OF WAPAKONETA, OHIO.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,608, dated October 1, 1901.

Application filed March 5, 1901.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES C. KRIDLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vapakoneta, in the county of Auglaise and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to ironing-boards.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be readily and securely attached to the edge of a table, bench, or the like, provision being made whereby a large range of vertical adjustment may be had to said benches, shelves, tables, or the like of different heights.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularlypointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the application of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 denotes an ironing-board constructed in any well-known form, having secured transversely on its under side,near its forward end, a strip b. I provide a plate 6 in front of the guide-strip having a recess to form a depression 0 for a purpose to be presently explained.

The numeral 2 indicates a yoke or hanger secured to the under face portion of a clamping-jaw 3, with the arms or branches thereof extending upwardly from the sides or edges of the clamping-jaw, the ends of the arms being pivoted to opposite sides or edges of the ironing-board, whereby a rocking or vibrating movement may be imparted to the said clamping-jaw. To the rear and in the upper face portion of the clamping-jaw I secure a plate 4:, having a screwthreaded opening therein which registers with a communicating opening formed in the clamping-jaw. A screw-threaded bolt 5 with a rounded upper end passes through the opening of the clampin g-j aw and connects with the screw-threaded opening in the plate 4. The bolt is provided Serial no. 49,786. (No model.)

on its lower end with any well-known means whereby to operate the same. In the present instance I show a wheel for the purpose. Approximating thecentral under surface of the ironing-board I hinge an arm a, and to the arm I connect a leg b by means of asleeve d, embracing the same, whereby the leg is vertically movable on the arm by means of the leg having a vertical slot 8 therein,through which passes a bolt 9, secured to the outer face portion of the arm, a thumb-nut 10,connected to the screw-threads of the bolt when tightened up, serving to hold the arm and leg in an adjustable position.

To fasten the jaw and its connected end of the ironing-board to any desired object, the same is accomplished by turning the bolt 5 upward. This action tilts the front portion of the jaw upward toward the object sufticiently to clamp the same between it and its connected end of the board, the rounded upper end of the bolt serving to engage the re-. cess c of the plate 6 on the under side of the board to prevent lateral displacement of the said bolt, thereby serving to hold the clamping-jaw to its work. The strip 1) on the under side of the board acts as an abutment for the edge of the object clamped between the jaw and its coactin g portion of the board.

, From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of my invention will be readily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is-

The herein-described ironing-board having on its under side portion ahinged arm, a leg with a sleeve embracing the arm, a vertical slot formed in the leg, a screw-threaded bolt secured to the arm, and passing through the slot, an operating-nut mounted on the bolt for adjusting the leg, a clamping-jaw at the inner end of the board, a hanger secured to the jaw and having its arms pivoted to the on the under side of the board when the jaw I is clamped to its object, to prevent lateral displacement of said bolt, thereby serving to hold the clamping-jaw to its work, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES C. KRIDLER.

Witnesses:

J. J. CONNAUGHTON, HENRY HOLTKAMP. I 

